Sphagnum girgensohniiRussow

Girgensohn's bog-mossGirgensohn's sphagnumcommon green peat mosswhite-toothed peat moss

WFO wfo-0001185815 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 193843186
Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Andrew Melton
fig. b Andrew Melton, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168119093
Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163505597
Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Tatiana Strus
fig. d Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142570898
Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Randal
fig. e Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 127611826
Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. f Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126882909
Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Karthik Thrikkadeeri
fig. g Karthik Thrikkadeeri, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155584685
Sphagnum girgensohnii, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. h Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92326497

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Also published as 74 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sphagnum acutifolium subsp. girgensohnii (Russow) Cardot
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. deflexum (Schlieph.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. densum (Grav. ex Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. gracilescens (Grav. ex Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. laxifolium (Warnst.) Cardot
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. speciosum (Limpr.) Hérib.
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. squarrosulum (Russow) Cardot
  • Sphagnum acutifolium var. strictum (Russow) Cardot
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. capitatum Röll
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. gracile Röll
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. gracilescens Röll
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. humile C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. koryphaeum (Russow) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. laxifolium (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. pumilum (Ångstr. ex Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. speciosum (Limpr.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. sphaerocephalum (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. strictum (Russow) C.E.O.Jensen
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii f. teretiusculum (Warnst.) Warnst.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii var. albescens Röll
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii var. brachycladum Bott.
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii var. capitatum (Röll) Röll
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii var. commune Russow
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii var. compactum Röll

and 50 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.